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BARNES v. JOHNSON

No. 98-20504.

160 F.3d 218 (1998)

Willis Jay BARNES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Alan Cunningham, Cunningham, Darlow, Zook & Chapoton, Houston, TX, Raoul Dieter Schonemann, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Delane T. Hendrix, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, DUHÉ, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Willis Jay Barnes, a Texas death row inmate, seeks a certificate of appealability ("COA") to challenge the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons that follow, we deny Barnes's application for a COA.

I. Facts & Procedural History

The district court below provided an indepth and complete description of the facts. We recount the facts only as necessary for our analysis....

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